'They drag my marks down!' - challenges faced by lecturers in the allocation of marks for multicultural group projects

Intercultural Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 229-241

  Strauss, Pat ^a   U Mackey, Alice ^a   Crothers, Charles ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

allocation of marks; cultural differences; educational issues; first and second language speakers; group assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903158567     PISSN: 14675986     EISSN: 14698439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14675986.2014.905361     Document Type: Article

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